Medics transfer a patient on a stretcher to an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to two of the three confirmed cases in Washington state, U.S. March 1, 2020.
A second person has died of COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state, health officials said on Sunday night.
The patient was a man in his 70s with underlying health issues. He died on Saturday at Evergreen Health hospital in Kirkland.
New York State earlier also confirmed its first case of COVID-19, a woman who contracted the virus while traveling in Iran, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Sunday. She's currently under self-isolation at home.
There are now at least 76 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.